All shareholder engagement articles – Page 3
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Railways Pension Scheme strengthens climate reporting focus
On the go: The £31bn Railways Pension Scheme has outlined its expectations for portfolio companies on how they deal with key corporate governance and sustainability issues in its updated voting policy.
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Most savers unaware of schemes’ climate change endeavours
On the go: Three-fifths of workplace pension members do not know if their scheme is taking any action to combat climate change, according to a survey by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association.
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Schemes’ industry investments lag behind climate targets
On the go: Pension schemes with investments in heavy industry like steel, cement, aluminium and paper are likely to find them lagging behind the Paris agreement’s targets, with 86 per cent failing to align with a pathway to “2C or below by 2050”.
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Schemes and managers join forces to improve stewardship
On the go: The Investment Association and the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association have launched a steering group to examine how stewardship can be better integrated into the investment process.
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Barclays integrates ESG into £1.3bn sustainable growth fund
On the go: The Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund has announced the integration of environmental, social and governance factors, as well as climate risk, into its diversified Multi-asset Growth Fund.
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LGPS funds call on HSBC to reduce fossil fund assets exposure
On the go: Brunel Pension Partnership, Islington Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are three of the 15 institutional investors that have filed a climate change resolution at HSBC.
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OpinionThe growing appetite for ESG exclusions
Pension schemes are increasingly focusing on integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into their investment strategies.
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NY divests and managers pledge, but are companies doing enough?
Data crunch: Thirty leading asset managers have pledged net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, on the heels of a landmark divestment announcement by the $226bn (£171bn) New York public pension. But a key datapoint suggests companies’ capital expenditure does not yet match managers’ sustainability rhetoric.
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Coalition bemoans lack of climate progress in transport industries
The UK’s largest pension funds are among those hailing a “moment of reckoning” for transport companies failing to align with the Paris agreement on climate change, as the investment community evaluates its own success in engagement.
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NewsWeekly roundup: It’s not easy being Green
Welcome to Pensions Expert’s roundup of a week in which we bade farewell to a few of the high street’s better-known names, and the Pension Protection Fund brightened everyone’s mood with its new doomsday scenario.
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Opperman follows through on share-voting promise
On the go: The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a new working group to examine ways to give investors in pooled fund products greater influence in voting shares and securities owned on their behalf.
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Minister pledges more power for trustees to vote own shares
On the go: The minister for pensions and financial inclusion has endorsed a recommendation for the creation of a government-led working group to increase the power pension schemes have to direct engagement with investee companies on sustainability issues.
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Greenwashing poses obstacle for would-be sustainable investors
On the go: Sixty per cent of investors say greenwashing is an obstacle to their sustainable investment intentions, while active engagement is one of the key ways asset managers drive sustainable change, according to a report by Schroders.
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Shareholders force executive pension cuts in FTSE 100 companies
On the go: Calls from shareholders have forced FTSE 100 companies to bring executive pension contributions in line with those received by the majority of their workforce, according to the Investment Association.
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LGPS wades into Israel-Palestine row with UN blacklist engagements
At least two Local Government Pension Scheme funds are undertaking engagements with companies linked to contested Israeli settlements, Pensions Expert can reveal.
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Features
Can ESG credentials improve member engagement?
The pensions industry is challenged when trying to engage young savers in their retirement savings — but there is a solution.
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OpinionAsset allocation analysis reveals UK’s governance weakness
Recently, I was tinkering with the asset allocation data for a large sample of defined benefit pension schemes and ‘accidentally’ came across an interesting, and possibly controversial, story relating to asset allocation.
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Investors tell Barclays to go further on climate commitments
On the go: Two Local Government Pension Scheme investors are to back a shareholder resolution aimed at forcing Barclays into line with the Paris Climate Agreement targets.
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Investors sound alarm over AGM shut-outs
On the go: Two-thirds of FTSE 100 companies that have announced annual meetings plan to conduct them behind closed doors under the Covid-19 lockdown, sparking concerns over shareholder rights.
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Camden grills manager as ESG pressure mounts
The £1.7bn Camden Pension Fund has placed one of its managers under review over concerns that it would not be able to comply with the scheme’s climate risk reporting requirements.